Combined hat and clothes rack



( No Model.)

A L.GOPFBY. COMBINED HAT AND CLOTHES RACK.

No. 494,269. Patentedlvlar. 28, 1893.

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UNITED STATES ABRAHAM L. COFFEY,

PATENT OFFICE.

or LEROY, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED HAT AND CLOTHES RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 494,269, dated March 28, 1893.

Application filed September 29, 1892. Serial No. 447,256. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM L. CoEEEY, a citizen of the United States, residingat Leroy, in the county of McLean and State of I1linois,have invented a new and useful Combined Hat and Clothes Rack, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto a combined hatand :garment rack, and has for its obj eet to provide means for engaging a hat-brim and holding a hat in place against accidental displacement, and with this objeetin View the invention consists of the construction and arrangement of the parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawingsz-Figure 1 is a perspective view of theimproved device shown constructed of solid metal. Fig. 2 is a central transverse section of the device shown in Fig; 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the improved attachment removed. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a hook made of wire and having the improved device applied thereto. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the detached parts of the improved device shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of another wire hook, showing a different form of the attachment applied thereto and detached and shown to one side in detail perspective.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several gures.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the main hook, which, as shown in Fig. 1,is'made of solid sheet or cast metal, having a straight arm 3 at the upper part thereof. On the said arm 3 is adjustably mounted a slide 4, having backwardly-extending ears 5, which are bent over to hold the slide in proper relation to the arm 3. Integrally formed with the lower portion of the slide 4 is atongue 6, bent outwardly and slightly curved. The slide 4 may be adjusted verti cally on the arm 3 as the ears 5 thereof embrace the said arm 3 in such manner as to permit an adjustment, and the tongue 6 of said slide acts as a stop to limit the vertical adjustment of a supplemental slide that will now be referred to. Adj ustably mounted on the arm 3 is a supplemental slide 7, having an outwardly-bent lower end 8, adapted to be limited in its upper movement by the said tongue 6. The upper part of the slide 7 is broadened and extended downward in the form o f a lip 9, and with the lower end 8 is adapted to receive and hold a'hat-brim. The rear portion of the slide`7 is formed with ears 10 which embrace the sides of the arm 3, and are connected by cross-wires 111 which bear against the back portion of the said arm 3 with such a degree of tightness as to prevent too loose play and cause a retention of the said slide 7 when adj usted. The upper end'of the arm'3 has a screw 12 passed therethrough and through a slot 13 in said slide, and forms "a means of securing the entire device in proper position. The slot 13 of the slide 7 permits proper adjustment of the said slide over the screw l2. The lower portion of the arm 3 is provided with a hook 14, having a broadened end 15, and is adapted for a hat-hook, and below said hook is another hook 16 that is adapted for use as a garment hook. Suitable apertured ears are located between the hooks 14 and 16 to form another means of. fastening.

In Fig. 4ahook is shown as made of a piece of Wire, and is formed with an upper arm 18 consisting of two upwardly-extending wires 19, with a space between the same. The said wires 19 are bent forward at the lower portions of said arm 18, and then backward and again forward to provide hooks 20 and 21, and then backward again to form a securingshank 22. In this instancethesupplemental slide consists of a supporting slide 23,0f sheetmetal with looped opposite sides 24, in which is rigidly mounted a wire frame 24X, constructed of one piece of wire, as shown, and embodying an upper overhanging extension 25 and a lower forwardly-bent portion 26, between which the hat-rim is held. In Fig. 6 a similar wire hook is shown, and in this instance the supplemental slide is formed of sheet-metal similarly to that shown in Fig. 1, with the exception that additional side-ears 27 are constructed which embrace the wires of the upper arm in addition to ears 28 between said ears 27, and of greater extent than the latter.

In all the forms set forth, the principal feature consists of the supplemental slide.

In operation a hat is placed on the upper hook of either of the forms and the supplemental slide operated to engage the rim there- IOO of as stated .in order to prevent the hat from being accidentally displaced'from the hook.

Many advantages will arise from time to time and become apparent to those using the device, and it is obvious that many changes might be made in the details of-construction aside from those set forth without in the least departing from the nature orspirit of the in through the upper portion thereof, a slidey mounted on the upper portion of the said hook and a supplemental slide, adjustably mounted on the said hook and having'an overhangiiig upperportiou and a lower forwardly-projecting part, substantially as described.

2. In a hat and garment hook, the combination of a hook properI constructed of wire, a slide mounted on the upperportion ofthe said hook and a supplemental slide'mounted bey low the aforesaid slide and consisting-of a= wire frame having an upper overhanging portion and a lower forwardly-projecting part, substantially as described.

3. In a hata'nd garment hook, the combination of a stationaryhookI having a lower outwardly extending arm in a substantial horizontal plane, and a vertical stem extending upward therefrom, a slide mounted on the upper portion of said stem and a supplemental slide mounted on said stem below the aforesaid slide and at a'plane at right angles to the plane of the aforesaid outwardly-extending arm, said slide being adjustable on the stem lto and from the said arm, substantially as described.

4. In a hat and garment hook, the combina- Ition ofv a'stationary hook having a lower out- :wardly-extending arm in a substantially horizontal plane, and avertical stem rising therefrom in rear thereof, a slide applied to the back of said stem and havinga stop inconnection" with thelow'er end thereof provided iw'ithanembr'acing portion mounted onsaid stem, and asu pplementalslide mountedon'said lstenti below'the said stop ofthe afo'resaidslide andcomprising an outwardly-bent'lower end and an upper broadened extended portion to `form a lip'overhanging the said outwardly- ,be'ntlower' end, and said parts'ot" thesupplemental slide'f'hav'ing rearwardly-extending ears embracing the'said stem'or shank, substantially as'describe'd. y y p In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as my own I have hereto'aiiixed my signature in ythe presence of two witnesses".

. ABRAHAM' L. COFFEY.

Witnesses:

DANIEL RICHARDS, ELMER' CAsoR'r. 

